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Fencer Vulns
high 8.8

CVE-2026-27775 json

Gitea pre-receive hook permission cache allows full repository write access

published 2026-07-03 4 mo ago modified 2026-10-25 14 d ago also GHSA-649p-mmhf-85c7 , GO-2026-6043 , EUVD-2026-41636

cvss
8.8
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.9%
EPSS 0.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 60%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Gitea 1.25.5 caches a branch-specific write-permission result across multiple refs in one pre-receive hook session, allowing a per-branch maintainer-edit grant to be reused for other refs and escalate to full repository write access.

Patch / fix

  • go code.gitea.io/gitea 1.26.3
  • govulncheck-vulndb openSUSE Leap 16.0 0.0.20260723T184607-160000.1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2026:21483-1

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
Proof of concept is public
Automatable
no
Technical impact
total
Assessed
4 mo ago

Exploit prediction

0.91% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 60% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/go-gitea/gitea/security/advisories/GHSA-649p-mmhf-85c7 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
GitHub 3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
go code.gitea.io/gitea
<1.26.3
1.26.3

Affected products

  • Gitea Gitea Open Source Git Server

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.